-Anonymous Scots paraphrase of
the Scottish royal motto,'Nemo me impune lacessit' ('No one
provokes me with impunity').
The foreign policy of the noble Earl,Lord Russell, may be summed up in two
truly expressive words: meddle and muddle.
- Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby Speech in the House of Lords, Feb, referring to the
Prime Minister's policy
on the American Civil War.